Hassan Al Thawadi: Qatar 2022 will be a benchmark for future mega events

© LOC Six years after Qatar was awarded the rights to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup™, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) Secretary General HE Hassan Al Thawadi is dynamically leading preparations for a country in full swing towards hosting the greatest football event in the world.
The SC Secretary General sat down for an exclusive interview with www.sc.qa to look back at the most memorable moments along the way, explain why 2017 will be a year of major progress across stadium sites, and highlight his firm belief that Qatar will set a new benchmark for hosting major sporting events in the future.
sc.qa: We have reached the half-way point in Qatar’s preparations for 2022. How important is this moment?
HE Hassan Al Thawadi: This mark is a very important time. It is six years since we won the rights to host the World Cup, and six years to go. We’ve reached the midway point. The first six years were challenging; whenever you’re trying to launch something off the ground you’re alw..

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Making the 2022 FIFA World Cup™ Qatar accessible to all

© LOC It’s a sunny November day in Qatar, the year is 2022, and Ari Lahiri is excited to attend his first FIFA World Cup™ match in the country where he was born and raised. Qatar Foundation Stadium, in Education City, is his destination. From the moment he left his house, to the moment his wheelchair rolls up the ramp to access the stadium, his fan experience has been seamless.
This is Ari’s dream. It is also the objective of the Accessibility Forum created by the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) to make this happen, and in doing so to make the first FIFA World Cup™ in the Middle East the most inclusive yet.
The Forum will work with different stakeholders, the most important one being the community of people with disability. For Ari Lahiri, General Manager of Ibticar, the country’s first fully-accessible limousine service, the main challenges are significant but can also be addressed with simple steps.
“The main issues to tackle, in terms of the stadiums, are building r..

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